Jessy 15’ build log - Philadelphia, PA

I’ve spent a good part of my life near or on the water, primarily fishing the New Jersey coasts and bays. For a number of years, I’ve wanted a 28’-34’ custom Carolina center console. IMO, the center consoles being built by Shearline Boatworks are some of the prettiest out there. Over the course of my browsing the internet, I came across the Ocracoke kits being produced by B and B and the idea to actually build one of these first entered my mind. It’s not as though I’m looking for something to

Hey Justin, Long reply to follow... With regards to modifying the seating compartment... At issue is one of flotation. The uscg does not recognize air chambers as flotation and when tested, holes are specified to be drilled into any air compartments such that they completely flood for the flotation and level-flotation tests. In the eyes of the CG, B&B is the "builder" of your boat because we manufactured the kit (i know it's weird) and so we are required to issue an HIN number